Vanila Mathur Singh, MD

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3 locations · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group

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Plans that list them

12 plans · 1 carrier

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician

Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Harmony (HMO)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Sep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Sep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
Alignment Health the ONE (HMO)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A78654 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2002 · expires 2027-12-31 · George Washington University School of Medicine.

No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.

Hospitals they work in

1 hospital

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

Stanford Health CareStanford, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsHome of Stanford Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend it
Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.317, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.241, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024

See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 5 the same, 4 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

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Every scored measure at Stanford Health Care

Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths	5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases	Worse	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits	14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases	Worse	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths	4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases	Better	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.317	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections	0.446	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections	0.241	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits	0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases	Better	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths	1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths	0.86 (0.72 to 1)	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths	166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths	1.1 · 192 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths	6.4 · 146 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths	9.7 · 253 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths	6.3 · 880 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths	10.3 · 935 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths	8.7 · 501 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths	2.1 · 7,730 cases	None	Jul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths	0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths	0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths	0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths	2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths	5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths	1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths	0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths	3.6 · 416 cases	None	Apr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.869	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections	0.857	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections	0.368	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	16.2 · 247 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	20.5 · 1,021 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits	47.8 · 258 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits	-1.6 · 990 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits	20.8 · 976 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	16.5 · 959 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits	5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 cases	No different	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits	5.1 · 425 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits	9.6 · 158 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits	19.6 · 183 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits	12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 cases	No different	Jan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

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Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care

Cleanliness	4
Nurse communication	4
Doctor communication	4
Communication about medicines	3
Discharge information	4
Overall hospital rating	4
Quietness	2
Recommend hospital	5

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Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care

Room was "always" clean	75%
Nurses "always" communicated well	82%
Doctors "always" communicated well	81%
Staff "always" explained	63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information	89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge	89%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand	76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully	80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)	79%
Staff "always" explained new medications	76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand	77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully	79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	88%
"Always" quiet at night	53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital	83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects	50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms	90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$23,465

Medicare paid this office $23,465 for 172 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

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Largest Original Medicare bills

Return visit (30+ min)	68	$11,274	$102
New patient visit (60+ min)	26	$4,489	$173
Long return visit (40+ min)	13	$1,669	$128
Injection of trigger points, 3 or more muscles	33	$1,429	$35
Injection of trigger points, 1-2 muscles	14	$495	$29

Who their Medicare patients are

172 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Under 65 12% · 85 and older 9% · Women 68% · Also on Medicaid 22% · Health risk score 1.56. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical anesthesiology clinician is at 1.54.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 70% · Diabetes 32% · Depression 30% · Coronary heart disease 25% · Chronic kidney disease 24% · Cancer 19% · Atrial fibrillation 19% · Heart failure 18% · COPD 14% · Stroke 9% · Dementia 8%.

The office billed $155,435, Medicare allowed $30,813 and paid $23,465; for 283 services of 29 kinds.

Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.

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Original Medicare by year

2024	172	283	73	1.56	$155,435	$23,465
2023	189	303	71	1.50	$181,647	$25,053
2022	174	258	70	1.69	$152,813	$19,428
2021	166	302	69	1.64	$256,009	$23,530
2020	132	241	67	1.50	$118,457	$15,811
2019	37	56	70	1.40	$25,335	$3,451
2017	123	190	67	1.47	$65,179	$12,009
2016	176	312	69	1.54	$145,511	$22,611
2015	143	262	69	1.74	$162,952	$22,175
2014	59	96	67	1.31	$70,317	$10,087
2013	237	444	68	1.39	$203,198	$29,545

Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.

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2023: 4 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2023

Return visit (30+ min)	71	$8,489	$83
Long return visit (40+ min)	49	$6,640	$125
New patient visit (60+ min)	27	$3,935	$146
Injection of trigger points, 3 or more muscles	24	$1,080	$35

2022: 5 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2022

Return visit (30+ min)	61	$6,247	$78
Long return visit (40+ min)	33	$4,324	$124
New patient visit (60+ min)	28	$3,906	$140
Injection of trigger points, 3 or more muscles	28	$1,284	$34
Injection of trigger points, 1-2 muscles	13	$464	$31

2021: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2021

New patient visit (60+ min)	45	$7,300	$162
Return visit (30+ min)	48	$5,527	$86
Long return visit (40+ min)	24	$3,324	$128
Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement	28	$1,036	$28
Injection of trigger points, 3 or more muscles	20	$886	$34
Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement	21	$543	$26

2020: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2020

Return visit (30+ min)	37	$4,339	$68
New patient visit (45+ min)	30	$3,353	$112
Injection of chemical for paralysis of facial and neck nerve muscles on both sides of face	11	$1,350	$96
Injection of trigger points, 3 or more muscles	12	$664	$37
Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement	19	$574	$27
Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement	15	$438	$29

2017: 5 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2017

Return visit (30+ min)	54	$3,901	$56
New patient visit (45+ min)	12	$1,150	$96
Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement	17	$522	$29
Injection of trigger points, 3 or more muscles	13	$471	$31
Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement	14	$408	$29

2016: 8 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2016

Return visit (30+ min)	34	$3,611	$67
New patient visit (45+ min)	34	$3,297	$97
Continuous infusion of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into thigh nerve (femoral nerve) through catheter	21	$1,269	$60
Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement	35	$1,200	$30
Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement	32	$960	$30
Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into other nerve or branch	15	$784	$49
Injection of trigger points, 3 or more muscles	14	$631	$39
Injection of trigger points, 1-2 muscles	12	$399	$33

2015: 4 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2015

Return visit (30+ min)	24	$2,667	$65
New patient visit (45+ min)	19	$2,108	$111
Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement	58	$1,761	$29
Continuous infusion of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into thigh nerve (femoral nerve) through catheter	24	$1,453	$61

2014: 1 service

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Original Medicare services billed in 2014

Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement	19	$599	$30

2013: 11 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2013

Return visit (30+ min)	45	$4,229	$63
Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement	125	$3,694	$29
Anesthesia for procedure on nerves, muscles, tendons, and tissue of forearm, wrist, and hand	11	$1,818	$165
Continuous infusion of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into thigh nerve (femoral nerve) through catheter	27	$1,623	$60
New patient visit (60+ min)	11	$1,612	$147
Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into other nerve or branch	39	$1,544	$39
Long return visit (40+ min)	13	$1,540	$96
Continuous infusion of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into arm nerve bundle through catheter	21	$1,405	$67
New patient visit (30+ min)	17	$999	$59
Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into arm nerve bundle (brachial plexus)	16	$880	$55
Continuous infusion of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into lower back and leg nerve (sciatic nerve) through catheter	11	$736	$67

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$12,272

Pharmacies billed $12,272 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

287 generic and 12 brand-name prescriptions · $12,272 in drug cost.

Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.

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Largest Part D drug costs

Lidocaine	26	$6,398	$246
Duloxetine	92	$2,139	$23
Pregabalin	41	$1,080	$26
Gabapentin	69	$1,000	$14
Nortriptyline	16	$251	$16

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Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed

Lidocaine	26	$6,398	$246
Duloxetine	92	$2,139	$23
Pregabalin	41	$1,080	$26
Gabapentin	69	$1,000	$14
Nortriptyline	16	$251	$16
Tizanidine	13	$238	$18

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Part D prescribing by year

2024	299	59	None	4%	$12,272
2023	297	66	4% (11)	None	$10,155
2022	187	40	None	None	$7,236
2021	135	41	None	8%	$10,312
2020	88	24	None	None	$1,932
2019	12	None	None	None	$1,110
2017	142	36	None	None	$7,771
2016	78	25	None	None	$4,028
2015	62	12	None	None	$6,124
2014	17	11	0% (0)	None	$1,807
2013	94	35	36% (34)	22%	$7,132

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 5 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2023

Pregabalin	48	$2,385	$50
Duloxetine	89	$2,367	$27
Gabapentin	78	$1,938	$25
Nortriptyline	16	$284	$18
Cyclobenzaprine	11	$141	$13

2022: 4 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2022

Lidocaine	15	$2,257	$150
Duloxetine	62	$1,848	$30
Pregabalin	30	$1,187	$40
Gabapentin	39	$1,002	$26

2021: 3 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2021

Pregabalin	28	$1,342	$48
Duloxetine	43	$1,242	$29
Gabapentin	12	$277	$23

2020: 3 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2020

Duloxetine	34	$722	$21
Gabapentin	15	$345	$23
Nortriptyline	15	$152	$10

2017: 4 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2017

Duloxetine	48	$1,570	$33
Tizanidine	13	$264	$20
Gabapentin	24	$157	$7
Meloxicam	11	$32	$3

2016: 2 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2016

Duloxetine	28	$995	$36
Gabapentin	15	$124	$8

2015: 1 drug

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2015

Duloxetine	23	$1,593	$69

2013: 3 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2013

Gabapentin	19	$1,255	$66
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	12	$165	$14
Meloxicam	11	$78	$7

Money from drug and device companies

$338 in 2025

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Industry payments by year

2025	3	3	None	$338
2024	3	3	None	$323
2023	1	1	None	$193
2021	1	1	None	$130
2020	1	1	None	$15,000

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

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Payments by company

Brixton Biosciences	Neural Ice	$239	1 payment Meals for Neural Ice · 2025-08-22 · $239
Boston Scientific	Wavewriter Alpha Prime 16	$59	1 payment Meals for Wavewriter Alpha Prime 16 · 2025-09-18 · $59
Saluda Medical Americas	Evoke	$40	1 payment Meals for Evoke · 2025-02-25 · $40

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Every published payment

Boston Scientific	Meals · 2025-09-18	Wavewriter Alpha Prime 16	$59
Brixton Biosciences	Meals · 2025-08-22	Neural Ice	$239
Saluda Medical Americas	Meals · 2025-02-25	Evoke	$40

See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2021, 2020)

2024: $323

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Payments by company in 2024

Medtronic	Intellis Adaptivestim	$152	1 payment Meals for Intellis Adaptivestim · 2024-05-21 · $152
Curonix	Pns Freedom-4a Permanent Neurostimulator Receiver Kit Channel A	$98	1 payment Meals for Pns Freedom-4a Permanent Neurostimulator Receiver Kit Channel A · 2024-04-05 · $98
SPR Therapeutics	Sprint Pns System	$73	1 payment Meals for Sprint Pns System · 2024-02-03 · $73

2023: $193

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Payments by company in 2023

Saluda Medical Americas	Evoke Scs	$193	1 payment Meals for Evoke Scs · 2023-10-30 · $193

2021: $130

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Payments by company in 2021

Boston Scientific	General - Pain Management	$130	1 payment Meals for General - Pain Management · 2021-10-15 · $130

2020: $15,000

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Payments by company in 2020

SPR Therapeutics	Sprint Pns System	$15,000	1 payment Meals for Sprint Pns System · 2020-12-31 · $15,000

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score: 76.5 / 100; Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI: 1588705180
Licence: CA A78654California A78654: Current · expires 2027-12-31
Trained: George Washington University School of Medicine, 1997
Group: Stanford Health Care
Video visits: Lists video visits
Gender: Female

More record details

Sole proprietor: No
Medicaid ID: CA 00A786540
Taxonomy: Federal specialty code 207L00000X (207L00000X); Federal specialty code 207LP2900X (207LP2900X)
Mailing address: 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed: 2007-02-08
NPI last updated: 2024-04-10
NPI record certified: 2024-04-10

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.